Differential tree colonization of old fields in a temperate rain forest

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 251-264

  Riege, Dennis A ^a,b   Del Moral, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FACILITATION; HERBIVORY; OLD FIELD; RAINFOREST; SOIL TYPE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

NORTH AMERICA; OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK; QUEETS VALLEY; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS GIGANTEA; ALNUS; ALNUS RUBRA; ANTHOXANTHUM; ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM; BETULACEAE; CERVIDAE; FILICOPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PTERIDIUM; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 1942538338     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2004)151[0251:DTCOOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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